Cherry Tree Lane
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Cherry Tree Lane is a British urban dramatic horror-thriller film, written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams
Paul Andrew Williams
Paul Andrew Williams is a British film writer and director, born in Portsmouth, England in 1973. He won the New Director's Award for his film London to Brighton in the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival.-Career:...

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Plot

The film tells the story of a middle-aged couple who are terrorized in their home by a group of teenagers who plan to kill their son who has grassed-up
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 one of their friends.

Cast

  • Rachael Blake
    Rachael Blake
    Rachael Morelle Blake is an Australian actress.-Early life:Blake was born in Perth. At the age of 18 months, she moved to England with her British parents only to return to Perth at age 11....

     as Christine
  • Jennie Jacques
    Jennie Jacques
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     as Beth
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher
    -Television:He is well known for playing PC Steve Loxton in The Bill from 1990 to 1997, Dr Marc Elliott in Doctors, Tim Gaskill in Casualty...

     as Mike
  • Sonny Muslim
    Sonny Muslim
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     as Teddy
  • Jumayn Hunter as Rian
  • Ashley Chin as Asad
  • Corinne Douglas as Chaman
  • Kieran Dooner as Oscar

Production

Based on a specially written script template, the film was made for Steel Mill Pictures. The director Paul Andrew Williams
Paul Andrew Williams
Paul Andrew Williams is a British film writer and director, born in Portsmouth, England in 1973. He won the New Director's Award for his film London to Brighton in the 2006 Edinburgh International Film Festival.-Career:...

 began the shooting of the psychological thriller on 16 July 2009 in North London. Ken Marshall produced the film for UK Film Council and Steel Mill Pictures.

Release

The film premiered on 23 June 2010 as part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival
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2010. Cherry Tree Lane is part of the Film4 Frightfest on 29 August 2010. Metrodome Distribution holds the rights for the sales in England.

Critical reception

The film received positive reviews from critics. The Film Blogger dubbed it a "moderately tense thriller", that was "accentuated by a well-developed class commentary and some solid performances".

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